Document Details Document Type : Article In Journal  Document Title : Carbohydrate-related enzymes of important Phytophthora plant pathogens Carbohydrate-related enzymes of important Phytophthora plant pathogens   Document Language : English  Abstract : Carbohydrate-Active enZymes (CAZymes) form particularly interesting targets to study in plant pathogens. Despite the fact that many CAZymes are pathogenicity factors, oomycete CAZymes have received significantly less attention than effectors in the literature. Here we present an analysis of the CAZymes present in the Phytophthora infestans, Ph. ramorum, Ph. sojae and Pythium ultimum genomes compared to growth of these species on a range of different carbon sources. Growth on these carbon sources indicates that the size of enzyme families involved in degradation of cell-wall related substrates like cellulose, xylan and pectin is not always a good predictor of growth on these substrates. While a capacity to degrade xylan and cellulose exists the products are not fully saccharified and used as a carbon source. The Phytophthora genomes encode larger CAZyme sets when compared to Py. ultimum, and encode putative cutinases, GH12 xyloglucanases and GH10 xylanases that are missing in the Py. ultimum genome. Phytophthora spp. also encode a larger number of enzyme families and genes involved in pectin degradation. No loss or gain of complete enzyme families was found between the Phytophthora genomes, but there are some marked differences in the size of some enzyme families. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.  ISSN : 1087-1845  Journal Name : FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY  Volume : 72  Issue Number : 1  Publishing Year : 1435 AH 2014 AD  Article Type : Article  Added Date : Monday, August 14, 2017  Researchers Researcher Name (Arabic) Researcher Name (English) Researcher Type Dr Grade Email Henk Brouwer Brouwer, Henk Researcher     Pedro Coutinho Coutinho, Pedro Researcher     Bernard Henrissat Henrissat, Bernard Researcher     Ronald de Vries de Vries, Ronald Researcher     Files File Name Type Description  42624.pdf pdf   Back To Researches Page